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Zondacrypto head Przemysław Kral faces a fraud charge and is cooperating with Polish prosecutors. He is seeking a reduced sentence in exchange for testimony that could include details about Zondacrypto’s funding of right-wing politicians.
Kuwait's Emir has issued a decree barring naturalized citizens from voting, running, or being appointed to any legislative body, deepening an unprecedented nationality review that has already stripped tens of thousands of people of citizenship since 2024.
Young Chinese women are being persecuted for writing LGBTQ+ stories, with some facing up to 10 years in prison. The law in China prohibits the production and distribution of obscene content, which includes descriptions of same-sex relationships.
China's grassroots People's Courts are expanding their reach and services, handling millions of cases annually to ensure fairness and justice are accessible across diverse regions, from remote islands to bustling urban centers.
Norway's top prosecuting authority has dismissed a 16-year-old fraud case against Norwegian-Pakistani businessman Umar Farooq Zahoor, citing insufficient evidence to prove wrongdoing.
UNICAL students files N5bn suit challenging removal from Law faculty
Over 200 University of Calabar (UNICAL) students have filed a N5 billion lawsuit against the university and its officials, including President Bola Tinubu, challenging their removal from the Faculty of Law.
The Council of Legal Education announced that 983 candidates, representing 54.7% of those who sat for the May 2026 Bar Final (Resit) Examination, failed the assessment.
Four individuals have attempted to escape from Singaporean justice, including a suspected terrorist, a tutor, a trader, and a thief. Their stories are a testament to the complexities of the law and the human desire to evade it.
A federal judge overseeing a case focused on the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files pressed government attorneys about their compliance with his court orders. The judge warned that he has held lawyers in contempt before and is willing to work with …
Osun Election: Lawyer demands prosecution of Fadahunsi over alleged call to kill Accord supporters
A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has called for the immediate prosecution of Senator Francis Fadahunsi over his alleged incitement to violence against Accord Party members ahead of the Osun State governorship election.
Since 2017, Hangzhou procuratorates have handled 2,766 environmental and resource protection public interest litigation cases. This initiative aligns with Hangzhou's ten-year designation as a "City of Ecological Civilization" and the first National Ecology Day following t…
The Bombay High Court overturned the 2021 acquittal of Tarun Tejpal in a 2013 rape case, convicting him of aggravated rape and related offences. The High Court criticized the trial court for expecting a 'perfect victim' and for putting the complainant on trial.
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss Apple's lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets, calling the allegations "meritless" and "rotten to its core."
Wang Shanping, former deputy secretary of the Ziyang Municipal Party Committee and mayor, was sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined 4 million yuan for accepting bribes totaling over 41.32 million yuan.
Three Missouri men have been charged for an alleged August 2024 plot to kidnap a Bitcoin holder in Connecticut and force them to transfer cryptocurrency, a plan they ultimately abandoned.
A warrant of arrest has been issued for Lim Tean for failing to surrender to court to start his jail term. He was originally supposed to surrender on Jul. 20 to start serving jail time for practising law without a valid certificate.
Employees who are asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement before receiving a retrenchment payout should first ask for more time if the deadline is too tight, said Amarjit Kaur, head of employment practice at Withers KhattarWong. They should also request a breakdown of th…
xAI is suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over a state law targeting "nudification" apps, arguing the statute is unconstitutionally overbroad under the First Amendment.
A group of Lebanese lawyers filed a complaint with the country's top prosecutor on Wednesday requesting an investigation into banker Antoun Sehnaoui over a dinner he allegedly co-hosted in Washington that was attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Singapore government is considering a broader review of legal education and a guide that sets out professional norms and workplace behaviors. Law Minister Edwin Tong spoke at the Legal Profession Symposium, noting that while attrition in the industry is real, it's not…
Central Propaganda Department, Ministry of Justice Officials Answer Questions on the Ninth Five-Year Plan for Law Promotion and Education (2026-2030)
The Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Justice have released a notification on the ninth five-year plan for law promotion and education, which aims to strengthen the promotion and education of law and justice in China. The plan emphasizes the importance of …
eBay has agreed to pay a couple $56m after a campaign of harassment in retaliation for their online criticism of the firm. The couple, who ran a website and newsletter critical of eBay, faced a range of threatening actions from former executives, including sending them a …
Pakistan's federal government raised the statutory Diyat value to Rs19.35 million for FY2026-27, up nearly 97% from Rs9.83 million, under a Finance Division notification pegged to silver prices.
Johnson & Johnson has proposed a $5.5 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits in the US over claims that its talc-based baby powder causes ovarian cancer. The company has long denied the allegations, but has agreed to pay out to end the long-running legal disp…
A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to 25.5 years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane for raping three underage girls after offering to pay them for sex. He had met the three girls online and engaged in multiple penetrative sexual acts with them on eight separate occasions …
The US government is prosecuting a US citizen for allegedly providing authorities with a 'duress password' that wiped his phone when they tried to seize it at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport.
A man from Florida has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, alleging that the company's chatbot, ChatGPT, provided him with incorrect health advice that led to a near-fatal case of pneumonia. The man claims that ChatGPT told him to stay home and reduce …
Paramount has agreed to pause its $110bn acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery until a ruling on several states' challenge to the deal, or until 1 June 2027, according to court papers filed on Friday.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from purchasing publicly traded stocks. However, some Democrats argue that the bill does not go far enough to address potential conflicts of in…
Crypto derivatives platform BitMEX is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging fraudulent liquidation practices that cost users 623 BTC, filed on the same day the exchange announced its impending shutdown.